Bowls England National Championships (women's singles two wood)

English National Bowls Championships
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The women's singles two wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

The two-wood singles is a newer variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

Venues

  • 1939–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
  • 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
1939 Lily Parnell Clarence Park Somerset Mrs Yerbury Bloomfield Bath Somerset [2]
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1946 Sarah Osey Oxford City Berks & Bucks Mrs Gadbury Ardagh, Bristol Gloucs [3]
1947 Louisa Coxall Sittingbourne Kent Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex [4]
1948 Frances Carvell Gunnersbury Middlesex Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex [5]
1949 Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex Doris Rigby Belgrave Leices [6]
1950 Mrs F. N. Dickinson Sidmouth Devon Rosetta Capstick Gunnersbury Middlesex [7]
1951 Florence Wright Horden Durham Helen Clayton Horsham Sussex [8]
1952 Evelyn Courtenay Yeovil Somerset Mrs C. Carr Western Park Leics [5]
1953 Winnifred Griffiths Plymouth Hoe Devon Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex [5]
1954 Mrs H. Taylor Loxford Essex Eveline Wheeler Richmond Park Bournemouth Hants [9]
1955 Audrey Frances Thomas Ilford Essex Mrs E K Simpson Southgate Middlesex [10]
1956 Minna Chamberlain Rubery Victoria Essex Eleanor Cordy Allen Ipswich Suffolk [11]
1957 Doreen Clark Ericsson's Notts Gwen Webber Barnstaple Devon [12]
1958 Annie Beath Zetland Park, Redcar Yorkshire Mrs S. Bulmer Bowburn Durham [13]
1959 Lena Careswell Hornsey Middlesex Violet Rawlings Gidea Park Essex [14]
1960 Gwen Webber Ashleigh Road Devon Mavis Cripps Dovercourt Essex [15]
1961 Mabel Darlington Nuneaton Warwicks Joyce Lucking Windsor Castle Berks [16]
1962 Mrs M. Smith Ilford Essex Winnie Winslow Salisbury Wilts [5]
1963 Mrs L. Cudmore Fleming Park Hants Mrs I. Parham Shell Essex [5]
1964 Ena Buckland South Norwood Surrey Mrs A. Smith Kettering Northants [17]
1965 Nancie Evans Frome Selwood Somerset Mrs E. Knight Lakeside Notts [18]
1966 Mrs M Harrison Wolvey Warwicks Mrs V L Turner Hook & Southborough Surrey [19]
1967 Ivy Burns Avenue Leamington Warwicks Mrs E Stevens Misbourne Bucks [20]
1968 Edna Britton Vernon Park Notts Iris Smith Watford Herts [21]
1969 Joan Hunt Atherley Hants Doreen Clark Lakeside Notts [5]
1970 Phyllis Derrick Magdalen Park Surrey Mrs M Allan Courtfield Carlisle Cumberland
1971 Mrs N Galloway Owton Lodge Durham Mrs D Smith Devizes Wilts
1972 Brenda Atherton Plessey Notts Mrs B. Forton Norfolk BC Norfolk [22]
1973 Mrs W Stevenson Auriol Park Surrey Ruth Butterworth YPI Hull Yorkshire [23]
1974 Lana Maynard Hatfield Herts Mrs J. A. Laws Whitley & Monkseaton Northumberland [24]
1975 Joan Hunt Atherley Hampshire Anne Shipton Broadstone Dorset [25]
1976 Eileen King Poole Park Dorset Norah Greenwood Sileby Northumberland [26]
1977 Winifred Hall Culver Middlesex Anne Shipton Broadstone Dorset [27]
1978 Norma Shaw Ropner Park Durham Eileen Fletcher Poole Park Dorset [5]
1979 Irene Molyneux Oxford City & County Oxfordshire Phyllis Derrick Magdalen Park Surrey [28]
1980 Betty Newborn Belgrave Leics Margaret Lockwood Oxford City & County Oxfordshire [29]
1981 Eveline Gascoigne Silver Band Notts Verinia Lewis Bodmin Cornwall [30]
1982 Kath Steer King's Heath Warwicks Win Scales Herne Bay Kent [31]
1983 Norma Shaw Ropner Park Durham Joan Plackett Worthing Sussex [32]
1984 Val Vintiner Lammas Middlesex Eileen Bird Sherwood Notts [33]
1985 Joan Bryant Brockenhurst Hants Margaret Wilson Bembridge Isle of Wight [34]
1986 Norma Shaw Ropner Park Durham Mary Saunders Eye Suffolk [35]
1987 Sue Franklin Woolpack Wisbech Norfolk Jean Frame West Bridgford Notts [36]
1988 Jayne Roylance North Walsham Norfolk Gwen Daniels Penryn Cornwall [37]
1989 Catherine Anton Peterborough Hunts Edna Bessell Yeovil Somerset [38]
1990 Gill Fitzgerald Kettering Lodge Northants Beryl Noble Luton Town Beds [39]
1991 Wendy Line Southampton Hants Jean Baker Alfreton Derbyshire [40]
1992 Margaret Dyer Clevedon Promenade Somerset Jean Cleft Durham City Durham [41]
1993 Val Chatfield Woolwich & Plumstead Kent Kathie Scott Crawley Sussex [42]
1994 Brenda Whitehead Norfolk BC Norfolk Gill Fitzgerald Kettering Lodge Northants [43]
1995 Liz Shorter County Arts Norfolk Sharon Rickman Raynes Park Surrey [44]
1996 Margaret Ashford Beccles Suffolk Catherine Anton Peterborough Hunts [45]
1997 Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire Ann Parker Carlton Conway Notts [46]
1998 Maureen Christmas Chesterton Cambs Cindy Edmonson Skelton Penrith Cumbria [47]
1999 Elizabeth Messer Southbourne Hants Lynne Whitehead Norfolk BC Norfolk [48]
2000 Maureen Timms Whitnash Warwicks Janet Green West Moors Dorset [49]
2001 Brenda Atherton Carlton Conway Notts Kath Baxter Wigton Cumbria [50]
2002 Janet Hardie Westinghouse Wiltshire Heather Stapleford Oakham Leics [5]
2003 Ann Dennis Milton Regis Kent Sue Davies Broadway Worcs [5]
2004 Shirley Page Baldock Herts Janet Cropper Bolton Lancs [5]
2005 Amy Monkhouse Waltham Park Lincolnshire Theresa Parnell Stockton Durham [5]
2006 Wendy King Milton Regis Hampshire Joan Garner Erdington Court Warwickshire [5]
2007 Jean Baker Blackwell Derbyshire Amy Stanton Wellington Somerset [5]
2008 Edna Bessell Yeovil Somerset Doreen Hankin Egham Surrey [5]
2009 Wendy King Milton Regis Hampshire Joan Walmsley Bath Somerset [5]
2010 Sue Davies Broadway Worcestershire Shirley Page Baldock Hertfordshire [5]
2011 Ellen Falkner St Neots Cambridgeshire Muriel Scott North Tawton Devon [5]
2012 Pat Bourne Purley Bury Surrey Sue Dadson Southbourne Hampshire [5]
2013 Rebecca Wigfield Desborough Northamptonshire Brenda Whitehead Norfolk BC Norfolk [5]
2014 Rebecca Field Norfolk BC Norfolk Kate Herbison Congresbury Somerset [5]
2015 Margaret Smith Sutton Surrey Jessica Eley Bushey Hertfordshire [5]
2016 Joan Welch Riverain Herts Gillian Lamprey Lowestoft Railway Suffolk [5]
2017 Jamie-Lea Winch Kingscroft Leicestershire Sophie Tolchard Kings Devon [51]
2018 Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Rebecca Field Norfolk BC Norfolk [52]
2019 Sophie Tolchard Kings Devon Donna Rock Gillingham Dorset [53]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [54]
2021 Stef Branfield Clevedon Somerset Katherine Hawes Oxford City Oxfordshire [55]
2022 Rhianna Russell Welwyn & District Hertfordshire Jennifer Southby Barstead & Thurnham Kent [56]
2023 Laura Holden Clevedon Som Shannon Maughan Bletchley Town Bucks [57]
2024 Laura Holden Clevedon Som Lorraine Kuhler Oxford City & County Oxon [58]

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